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Dictionary Results For "careful" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Pronunciation

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Alternative spellings


Adjective

  1. attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
  2. :He was a slow and careful driver.
  3. conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
  4. :They made a careful search of the crimescene.


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Translations

de:careful el:careful es:careful fr:careful hy:careful io:careful id:careful it:careful hu:careful nl:careful ja:careful pl:careful pt:careful fi:careful ta:careful te:careful vi:careful zh:careful

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Careful \Care"ful\ (k[^a]r"f[.u]l), a. [AS. cearful.]
1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous. [Archaic]
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Be careful [Rev. Ver. "anxious"] for nothing.
--Phil. iv. 6.
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The careful plowman doubting stands. --Milton.
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2. Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern,
anxiety, or trouble; painful.
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The careful cold beginneth for to creep. --Spenser.
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By Him that raised me to this careful height.
--Shak.
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3. Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious;
provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; --
often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful
of money; careful to do right.
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Thou hast been careful for us with all this care.
--2. Kings iv,
13.
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What could a careful father more have done?
--Dryden.

Syn: Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious;
circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant.
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WordNet careful
adj 1: exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were
careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to
keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research";
"careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of
others"; "careful about one's behavior" [ant: careless]
2: cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of
his father's advice" [syn: heedful]
3: with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace";
"with all deliberate speed" [syn: deliberate, measured]
4: full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled
about many things"-Luke 10.41
5: mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with
money" [syn: thrifty]
Moby Dictionary
Scotch
, accurate , advertent , agog , alert , all ears , all eyes ,
assiduous
, attentive , aware , calculating , canny , cautious , chary ,
cheeseparing
, circumspect , concentrated , conscientious ,
conscionable
, conscious , conserving , considerate , critical ,
curious
, deliberate , diligent , discreet , discriminating ,
discriminative
, duteous , dutiful , earnest , economic , economizing ,
enlightened
, exact , fastidious , finical , finicking , finicky ,
forehanded
, foresighted , frugal , fussy , gingerly , guarded , heedful ,
hesitant
, intense , intent , intentive , judgmatic , judicial ,
judicious
, labor-saving , leaving out nothing , loving , meticulous ,
mindful
, money-saving , nice , niggling , noncommittal , observant ,
observing
, on guard , on the ball , on the job , open-eared ,
open-eyed
, openmouthed , overconscientious ,
overlooking no possibility
, overscrupulous , painstaking ,
parsimonious
, particular , pawky , penny-wise , politic , precise ,
provident
, prudent , prudential , punctilious , punctual , reflecting ,
reflective
, regardful , religious , safe , saving , scrimping ,
scrupulous
, skimping , slow to act , solicitous , spare , sparing ,
strict
, studied , systematic , tender , tender-conscienced , tentative ,
thorough
, thoughtful , thrifty , time-saving , unadventurous ,
uncommunicative
, undaring , unenterprising , unprecipitate ,
unwasteful
, vigilant , wary , watchful , well-advised , well-judged


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